"Sufi Basant" Genda Phool Walk from Lodhi Gardens to Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Dargah, Nizamuddin Basti > 1pm-5pm on 7th February 2011

Time : 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Entry : Contribution: Rs. 1000/- per person. (Includes lunch and flowers)

Please pre-register.

For registration / details contact Himanshu Verma / 41764054 / himanshu@redearthindia.com

Notes

It is 100% mandatory to wear all yellow. It is a tradition to wear new yellow cotton clothes, please make an effort to blend in with the season. In case of emergency, white is the best alternative. No Black or dark colours please!

If you like, bring a small yellow gift for Khwaja ji, fellow participants, or needy souls at the Dargah.

Meeting Place : Lodhi Gardens

Map : Lodhi Gardens at Google Maps

Destination : Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Dargah, Nizamuddin Basti, New Delhi

Map : Nizamuddin Dargah at Google Maps | Nearest Metro Station - 'Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium'
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Walk Details : Basant, the Indian spring is a syncretic celebration.

We open The Spring Festival 2011 with a Sufi Basant Walk to the Dargah of one of the most popular Sufi saints of India, Khwaja Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya. Where, every year, as the spring knocks on our doors, mustard flowers are offered and Amir Khusrau’s verses are sung, in honour of Khwaja ji, and the beautiful Indian spring…

Come! Let’s dance with genda tokris on our heads, and take them to Khwaja ji like his beloved Amir Khusrau! Basant Genda Phool!

Only one thing we will ask: Khwaja ji, please save the flower markets of Delhi…!

Itinerary

1 pm – 2 pm: Basanti Lunch at Lodhi Gardens.

Play with flowers.

Learn more about Sufi Basant, and rejoice in Amir Khusrau’s spring poetry. 

2 pm – 3 pm: Walk to Chilla, the place where Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya used to live. 

3 pm – 5 pm: Sufi Basant celebrations at Nizamuddin Dargah with Basanti Qawwali & more…

Basant Panchami, originally a Hindu festival (falling on 20 January this year) has also been celebrated by Muslim and Sufis in India with great gusto. To experience this beautiful syncretic celebration of spring, we will walk to the Dargah of one of the most popular Sufi saints of India, Khwaja Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, where mustard flowers are offered and Amir Khusrau’s verses are sung, in honour of Khwaja ji, and the beautiful Indian spring.

To read more about the tradition of Sufi Basant, visit : www.chowk.com/articles/4136

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